6 May 2024, Ankara – Food systems are vital for the production of sufficient reliable food to feed the global population. Unreliable food poses a significant global threat to human health and economies. According to estimates by the World Health Organization, 600 million people contract foodborne diseases annually, and 420 000 die as a result.  Overcoming this challenge requires an understanding of the...

Rome -  FAO Director-General, QU Dongyu, and H.E. Ahmet Bagci, Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye, met to discuss ways to further foster collaboration between FAO and Türkiye. The Director-General congratulated the Deputy Minister on his appointment and thanked Türkiye for the continuous support, emphasizing that as host country for the FAO Subregional Office for Central...

Final preparations have been completed for implementation of the project "Enhancing the Capacity of the Turkish International Forestry Training Centre". The project, developed under the FAO-Türkiye Forestry Partnership Programme will establish an internationally recognised training hub to provide capacity building in forestry through vocational training. The project aims to increase the capacity of the existing International Forestry Training Centre in Antalya,...

14 February 2024, Ankara – On 6 February 2024, at an inception workshop, FAO and Türkiye launched a new project entitled “Building Capacities through South-South Cooperation (SSTC)”. The project is designed to facilitate SSTC actions between Türkiye and participating countries and enhance the impacts of other projects and activities implemented under the FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programme on Food and Agriculture (FTPP...

The UN Food Systems Coordination Hub selected the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Cooperation Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (BSEC-CSFS) as a good practice for food systems transformation.     The Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization Regional Cooperation Centre for Sustainable Food Systems (BSEC-CSFS), developed under the umbrella of FAO-Türkiye Partnership Programmes, serves as a multi-stakeholder platform for enhancing coordination and cooperation...